772
FNUS74 KMOB 141003
FWSMOB
SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO BLOCK 8359 C-609...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
503 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MARCH 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 80 EXPECTED SUNDAY OVER THE BURN
AREA...
DISCUSSION
FOR THE REST OF TODAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IS NEAR 45%, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTH-
SOUTHEASTERLY TO EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL
BE GENERALLY GOOD. FOR SUNDAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS
NEAR 50%, 20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP TO NEAR 25 MPH, TRANSPORT
WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY, AND
DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GOOD.
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...FOG IS NOT EXPECTED.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...335-1250 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 12 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 1 TO 5 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....9 INCREASING TO 54.
LVORI...............3.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
SKY (%).........16 16 16 17 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 68 75 75 75
RH..............83 63 48 50 50
20 FT WIND DIR..ENE SE SE SSE SSE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 5 7 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.3 7 10 13 13
MIX HGT (FT)....1100 3000 4000 4100 4100
MIX HGT (M).....340 910 1220 1250 1250
TRANSP WIND DIR.ESE SE SSE SSE SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 7 8 10 12
TRANS WIND DIR..ESE SE SSE SSE SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).1 3 4 4 5
DISPERSION IDX..5 23 39 48 54
LVORI...........5 2 1 1 1
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-1250 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....60 DECREASING TO 4.
LVORI...............5.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........24 14 19 33 26 52
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............73 64 61 59 59 59
RH..............55 78 90 96 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SSE SE ESE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..7 5 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (FT)....4100 500 500 400 500 600
MIX HGT (M).....1250 150 150 120 150 180
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 7 8 7 7
TRANS WIND DIR..S SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 4 3 4 3 3
DISPERSION IDX..60 4 4 3 3 3
LVORI...........1 4 6 8 9 9
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...183-1341 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 28 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 13 METERS/SECOND DECREASING TO 6 TO
10 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 10 TO 13 METERS/SECOND IN THE
AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 18 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 39 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 66 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 60
INCREASING TO 74 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 77.
LVORI...............5.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........57 56 52 50 45 36
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............60 62 72 77 81 82
RH..............96 100 79 64 54 53
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 6 10 14 16 16
20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 16 22 25 25
MIX HGT (FT)....600 1500 3400 3700 3900 4400
MIX HGT (M).....180 460 1040 1130 1190 1340
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE S SSW SSW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 9 18 22 25 28
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE S SSW SSW S
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 8 10 11 13
DISPERSION IDX..4 18 63 59 70 80
LVORI...........8 5 3 1 1 1
FORECASTER...13
REQUESTED BY...CLIFF WILLIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605698.0/MOB
.DELDT 03/14/26
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